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place where the temperature won’t go 
much below freezing. The other method, 
which is less work at the beginning, but 
does not leave the plants so get-at-able, is 
to dig a trench in a well drained place and 
pack the celery in upright, where, without 
covering, it will keep and blanch until quite 
cold weather. For winter use, during De¬ 
cember to April, a thick covering of straw 
or leaves, put on gradually, will be neces¬ 
sary to protect from hard freezing. The 
plants should never be worked or handled 
in any. way while the foliage is wet. For 
celery "rust” spraying with either Bor¬ 
deaux mixture or ammoniacal carbonate 
of copper solution will be required several 
times during the growing season. 
Asparagus belongs to the small group 
of garden vegetables, including rhubarb 
and sea kale, which make a very rapid 
growth early in the spring. The point 
which most gardeners overlook about 
these plants is that their crops are pro¬ 
duced virtually a year ahead. Their cul¬ 
ture, therefore, should differ from that of 
most vegetables in that the time to care¬ 
fully fertilize, cultivate, and care for them 
is after the crop is removed, so that a 
strong, healthy growth of root and the 
tops that die down in fall may be made, 
and an abundant supply of energy stored 
up for next year’s crop. 
At this time of year a good dressing of 
manure or high-grade fertilizer, or both, 
should be worked into the soil as deep as 
possible without injuring the roots, which, 
if the bed was properly planted, should be 
several inches below the surface. The 
earlier this can be done the better—if pos¬ 
sible while the plants are still making ac¬ 
tive growth. The use of salt as a fertilizer 
for asparagus is widely recommended ; and 
while it is doubtful if it has any value as 
a direct fertilizer, it is good for the soil, 
and possibly affects the flavor favorably 
and discourages the weeds. In late au¬ 
tumn a mulching of manure should be 
put on, after the old stalks are cleared off, 
and this should be worked lightly into the 
soil early the following spring. A good 
top dressing of nitrate of soda in the 
spring also stimulates stronger growth, as 
it is immediately “available,” and, unlike 
ordinarv fertilizers, shows a result at once. 
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